Red Devil Problem

[Seabiker]

Hi All,
Wonderedif anyone has any advice on this problem.
A few month my Red Devil Chiclid (Basil) was looking quite ill ago and was not eating and my local aquarist diagnosed whitespot and I treated the tank as per instructions. After 24 Hours I found Basil laying at the bottom of the tank with what looked like white peeling skin all over him ( a bit like after you have had sunburn ). Fearing it may be a reaction to the I carried out a 80% water change upped the temp and added some salt (Advice from this site ) Cheer guys Within 20 minutes the coating fell of and he was swimming round like nothing had happened. Since then every week Basil gets a few sugar like, whitespots over his body and fins and small white threads about half a cm long and looking like cotton around his eye socket. Strange thing is after I carry out my weekly 20% water change within a couple of minutes they all dissapear for another week. All my tests seem to show the water is OK my local store says its not whitespot as it washes off so quickly but cannot suggest a cause. Any Ideas?
Cheers Seabiker

 

[Lupin]

back to MFK!

I'm a little confused by this issue. Do you have photos of the affected areas? Please answer the questions below and if possible, include which treatments you used from the start of this issue.

1. What is the size of your tank?

2. What are your water parameters? State the brand of test kit used.

3. Is your aquarium set up freshwater or brackish water?

4. How long the aquarium has been set up?

5. What fish do you have? How many are in your tank? How big are they? How long have you had them?

6. Were the fish placed under quarantine period (minus the first batch from the point wherein the tank is ready to accommodate the inhabitants)?

7. What temperature is the tank water currently?

8. Are there live plants in the aquarium?

9. What filter are you using? State brand, maintenance routine and power capacity.

10. Any other equipment used (aside from heater and filter which are two very important components of the tank)?

11. Does your aquarium receive natural sunlight at any given part of the day? What is your lighting schedule (assuming you do not rely on sunlight for our viewing pleasure)?

12. When did you perform your last water change and how much water was changed? How often do you change your water? Do you vacuum the substrate?

13. What foods do you provide your fish? What is the feeding schedule?

14. What unusual signs have you observed in your fish?

15. Have you treated your fish ahead of diagnosis? If so, what treatments did you use? State your reasons for planning ahead of proper diagnosis.